81 FR 46718 - Market Test of Experimental Product-Customized Delivery

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 137 (July 18, 2016)

The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to extend the Customized Delivery market test for one additional year and expand the market test to a number of additional markets. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 137 (Monday, July 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46718-46719]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16823]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. MT2014-1; Order No. 3424]


Market Test of Experimental Product-Customized Delivery

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service 
request to extend the Customized Delivery market test for one 
additional year and expand the market test to a number of additional 
markets. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public 
comment, and takes other administrative steps.

DATES: Comments are due: July 27, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing 
Online system at http://www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit comments 
electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing 
alternatives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 
202-789-6820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II. Notice of Filing and Designation of Substitute Public 
Representative
III. Ordering Paragraphs

I. Introduction

    On July 8, 2016, the Postal Service filed a request, pursuant to 39 
U.S.C. 3641(d)(2) and Order No. 2224, to extend the Customized Delivery 
market test for an additional year and to expand the market test to 
other markets during this additional year.\1\ Customized Delivery is a 
package delivery service offering that provides customers with delivery 
of groceries and other prepackaged goods. Order No. 2224 at 1. The 
Postal Service formally implemented the Customized Delivery market test 
on November 1, 2014, in the San Francisco Metropolitan area. Request at 
1. It expanded the market into the following metropolitan areas: Los 
Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; New York City, NY; Sacramento, CA; 
Stamford, CT; and Las Vegas, NV.\2\
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    \1\ Request of the United States Postal Service for Extension of 
Customized Delivery Market Test, July 8, 2016 (Request). See also 
Order No. 2224, Order Authorizing Customized Delivery Market Test, 
October 23, 2014.
    \2\ Request at 1; see Notice of the United States Postal Service 
of Expansion of Customized Delivery Market Test, February 20, 2015; 
Notice of the United States Postal Service of Expansion of 
Customized Delivery Market Test, June 18, 2015; Notice of the United 
States Postal Service of Expansion of Customized Delivery Market 
Test, January 22, 2016.
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    During the extension the Postal Service plans to continue the 
market test in the metropolitan areas in which it currently operates. 
Request at 1. It also ``intends to expand the Customized Delivery 
market test to a number of additional markets over the next year, so 
that [it] can examine the market in a wider range of metropolitan 
areas.'' ld. The Postal Service asserts that it must continue the 
market test in a variety of metropolitan areas during the next year to 
determine the operational feasibility and desirability of adding 
Customized

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Delivery as a permanent product. ld. at 1-2.
    The Customized Delivery market test is currently scheduled to 
expire on October 31, 2016. Id. at 1. In the Request, the Postal 
Service requests to extend the market test for one additional year, 
until October 31, 2017, and to expand the market test into other 
metropolitan areas. Id. at 1-2. The Postal Service represents that all 
other aspects of the Customized Delivery market test remain unchanged 
and comply with 39 U.S.C. 3641 and Order No. 2224. ld. at 2.

II. Notice of Filing and Designation of Substitute Public 
Representative

    The Commission reopens Docket No. MT2014-1 to consider matters 
raised by the Postal Service's Request. The Commission invites comments 
on whether the Request complies with applicable statutory and 
regulatory requirements, including 39 U.S.C. 3641, 39 CFR part 3035, 
and Order No. 2224. Comments are due no later than July 27, 2016. The 
public portions of these filings can be accessed via the Commission's 
Web site (http://www.prc.gov).
    39 U.S.C. 505 requires the Commission to designate an officer of 
the Commission to represent the interests of the general public in all 
public proceedings (Public Representative). The Public Representative 
previously designated in Order No. 2197 is no longer able to serve.\3\ 
In light of that circumstance, the Commission designates Lauren A. 
D'Agostino to serve as the substitute Public Representative to 
represent the interests of the general public in this docket.
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    \3\ See Notice and Order Concerning Market Test of Experimental 
Product--Customized Delivery, September 25, 2014, at 4 (Order No. 
2197).
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III. Ordering Paragraphs

    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission reopens Docket No. MT2014-1 to consider matters 
raised by the Postal Service's Request.
    2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission designates Lauren A. 
D'Agostino to serve as the substitute Public Representative to 
represent the interests of the general public in this docket.
    3. Comments are due no later than July 27, 2016.
    4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Stacy L. Ruble,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-16823 Filed 7-15-16; 8:45 am]
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